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 Ryan Cannady Sat with Pete under the balcony near the sound stage. The sound was amazing. Dylan played electric guitar 4x which was unique for this tour. I prepped for the show by listening to Rough and Rowdy Ways. It did not disappoint! Bob Dylan Apr 17, 2025
 Chris Kimpson Tadwguy, Helmet played the Abe stage, why you editing things you’re not sure about? Saturday in the Park 2014 Apr 17, 2025
 Walter Winsor Jeff Beck Denver Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know. It's 1:54 am and I'm just climbing out of my car from another all time rock-n-roll evening. The Friday night started out with a great nap. Woke up from a deep afternoon couch to time to rally & head to the show. The warm up band (one man guitar player) was set for 8pm. Figured I could arrive at 8:30 and be golden. Left the house with the idea of parking and getting a drink or two before heading into the Paramount. By the time I got there it was 8pm, so I headed for the door & got 2 glasses of wine and decided to watch all the gray hairs come out of the woodwork. Passing by the merch booth, I got an ominous glimpse. They had T-shirts, CD's, tour books and even albums for sale. The kicker was a tour poster for $20, and a Jeff Beck autographed one for $100. I would have bought one because I know Jeff NEVER signs anything and his autograph is worth much more than $100USD. My framed litho of the "Guitar Shop" cover hanging in my front room cost $500, and that was 20 years ago. Anyway, right as I walked by the guy was X-ing out the autographed sign because they had sold out of the few they had. After all, this was the second show of the tour. Saw lots of great old timers and even a few t-shirts from old I'd not seen before. It is hard to put one past a guy who used to work in an ultra hip record store, but sure enough, there were 2 I'd never seen. I has even pulled out my "Jeff Beck" button (graphics from the "There & Back" LP) to display on my carefully chosen shirt and it was from 1980. So standing there drinking my wine I run into John Dawson, a long- time friend whom I bought my second 5th row center seat for. He had once mentioned how he loved Jeff & had never seen him, so I thought I'd treat him to an up close experience as a little pick-me-up from the doldrums of unemployment. We chatted until the warm up act was over and then headed for the seats. Not knowing how close we were to the stage, it was a pleasure to see his face as we got closer & closer. He was blown away with the location and immediately thanked me before the first note. The lights went out and Jeff came on to an enthusiastic response. His set was a new throw back to his previous tours where he blended the familiar tunes with the ones he rarely plays. Just finishing his "Tribute to Les Paul" tour, this time he was with his "old" band consisting of the great Jason Robello (keys) and Narda-Michael Walden (drums). Never a big fan of NMW, I was impressed at his playing this night. The new female bass player was great, but I'm still a Tal Winkenfield man. She managed to convince me by the time her solo came, but still... The first two songs were terribly muddy, as you come to expect from the Paramount. Big disappointment as I thought being so close meant all stage amps with a bit of front of house side wash. They managed to get it together by the 3rd song, or at least my ears became attuned by then. Jeff proceeded to annihilate the set list with many flourishes of passion. The songs were all over the place. Tommy Bolin's "Stratus", Hendrix, Beatles and even Sly & the Family Stone's "I Want To Take You Higher". Boom chacka lacka Bomm chacka lacka... I managed to take tons of photos and a few videos with no bother from security. By the time it was over we had our faces melted and headed for the door. Outside I ran into my friends Mike & Marty and his brother Jeff & son. We decided to get a drink at the Appaloosa before heading home and discuss the show. Turns out Jeff's son knows a bit about music production, so it turned into quite an interesting conversation. We expounded upon the benefits and limitations of compression in modern music production, the differences between hard knee and soft knee limiting and various capture devices, Soundforge, Pro Tools and current trends. Finally it became time to wrap it up and they paid the tab and we all promised to get together Sunday to get audio copies of the show and watch the Chinese Grand Prix- Mike cooking a special meal and all the trimmings of a proper race party. As I left, I rounded the corner and headed up the street to my parking garage and noticed the tour busses running. I meandered by there because there were 5 or 7 people standing around and it just so happened that Jeff was inside signing a few tour books for the fans. I chatted with them and the bus driver for a minute with the bus door opened and Jeff had just signed a few items. This was such a rare occurrence and I told them how Jeff NEVER signs anything, but sure enough, he is really fresh on this night and was in a great mood after a great show. The door closed and the bus took off, I headed for my car and was just buzzing from all the fantastic good times I had just experienced. Good friends, Good music, good wine and not wanting it to end, I headed to the Hornet on the way home and caught the qualifying for the F1 race in Shanghai. I drank a pain killer, grabbed a pizza from the walnut room and ate it on the way home. So, I just pulled in, wrote this and now I'll download all the photos I took before passing out. Jeff Beck / Tyler Bryant Apr 16, 2025
 Cyclebrarian This linked to "jimmy smith" is the famous bluesman, not the Jimmy Smith bass player for The Gourds, who actually played at this concert. Jimmy Smith / Eytan Mirsky / Mike Nicolai Apr 16, 2025
 MILOCAMPO My recording: https://archive.org/details/TheReplacements2015-04-16HollywoodPalladium The Replacements / Together PANGEA Apr 16, 2025
 Dutchman Went primarily to see Peter Hammill, who is a major favourite of mine Marillion / Peter Hammill Apr 16, 2025
 Ateba My first concert ever The Ting Tings / Little Boots Apr 16, 2025
 spotcoffee https://archive.org/details/pearljam1998-08-22mix Pearl Jam / Cheap Trick / All Systems Go! / Hayden / Cracker / Matthew Good Band Apr 16, 2025
 spotcoffee https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/216053/august-22-1998-barrie-on-15th-anniversary-thread Pearl Jam / Cheap Trick / All Systems Go! / Hayden / Cracker / Matthew Good Band Apr 16, 2025
 rj-reynolds Traitors dropped show due to trailer issues and drummer injured ankel Yosemite In Black / Crown Magnetar / Traitors / Granite State Apr 16, 2025
 Idontcare504u White Lion was opening act AC/DC / White Lion Apr 16, 2025
 spotboslow St. Vincent was scheduled to open, but withdrew due to illness. No opening act. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Apr 15, 2025
 WW Always wanted to see Janes live and finally got old enough! One of my favorite bands of all time. I also ran into Chester Bennington, who was also a big Jane's fan, and Samantha at this concert. Jane's Addiction / Goldie Apr 15, 2025
 Brian Ganoe Best friend had just got home from Nam and I was 3 weeks away from joining the US Navy....they was a draft during this era. Concert was great. Tractor was better than I though for a leadoff band. We smuggled several big jugs of bali hi wine into the reserve seats. We eventually got caught and explained to the guy we intended to drink and not throw the glass jugs. He shrugged and said ok. One of the highlights of the concert was a bare chested lady wanting to dance on-stage. After being removed 3/4 guys held up a 4X8' sheet of plywood just in-front of the stage, on which she danced and shook her "bounty" :~) Canned Heat / The Youngbloods / Tractor Apr 15, 2025
 glen 7:00pm The Commodores Apr 15, 2025
 Craig Hatfield Tks £21 (inc. £3 commission) Gnoss Apr 15, 2025
 Oddgrim Bent Brother was the billing name for the stripped down practice shows. This show was the first (and only?) full dress rehearsal for Twisted Sister's comeback tour. Twisted Sister / Jesse Blaze / Queen V Apr 15, 2025
 Craig Hatfield Tks £12.00 (+ £1.20 booking fee) The Ouse Valley Singles Club Apr 15, 2025
 Derek Stinson That link is a really nice recording of the show with the same setlist of the Evansville show but it’s from 2 days later in Syracuse, New York April 18 2000 Elton John Apr 15, 2025
 Derek Stinson https://youtu.be/QdZYcG8Bb6s?si=bS_bKdCdZE8Pbs1S Elton John Apr 15, 2025